LaCarrubba-Gomez Padlet by Lauren Gomez

Our students read not just to encounter or appreciate these writers. Instead, they examine how these authors combine an attention to structure with creative and innovative personal styles, all in the service of what they wish to say. (Howard, Deis, and Frye, 2012)

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A writing assignment may guide student thinking toward substantive issues in, say, history, or it may guide students down a mental primrose path. (Dillingham, 2012)

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It's all too easy for students to float away on abstract words. Here's how to get them back on solid ground. (Maguire, 20120

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Fiction and poetry certainly have a place in America's schools. But when students don't learn how to articulate ideas, their options erode -- and our whole society is worse off for it. (Tyre, 2012

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Potential Problem for My Research:

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At the high school level, an area of need that I have been able to identify is the need to strengthen the ability for students to find strong textual evidence to support their claims in the writing process and to blend quote evidence into their writing seamlessly. I teach sophomores and seniors and it is my responsibility to help my students prepare for the future, whether that be a future in college or in the workforce. I believe that this would be an area worthy of focus for my action research project. I often tell my students that it is my job to teach them how to think, but not what to think. This idea is very much ingrained in my discipline.

Issues that could arise:

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Some ethical considerations involved in this type of research are that, informed consent must be provided by students and their parents or guardian, confidentiality must be provided, and deception is unacceptable. This last point may appear to be obvious, however, sometimes deception is the very thing that can validate research data. For example, take double-blind tests, or tests in which subjects receive the placebo rather than the substance being studied. While there may be situations in which it would be beneficial for the researcher to keep the subjects uniformed, it is not an option in the action research process.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/what-aristotle-and-stephen-colbert-have-in-common/263263/

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"What Artistotle and Stephen Colbert Have in Common"

Common Core Standards

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RL.9-10.1-Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RL.11-12.1- Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain (CCCS).

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Sagor (1992) asserts that, “scientific research has been conducted by professional full-time researchers. They generally choose their topics based on their personal predilections or the preference of journal editors” (p. 7).

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“ Action Research is conducted by people who want to do something to improve their own situation” (Sagor, 1992, p. 7).